Program
Special Education M.A.
Number of Pages
46
Year Approved
2024
First Advisor
Strand, Charles
Second Reader
Karin Farrington
Abstract
This thesis focuses on how developing standards-based high school math goals can facilitate meaningful collaborations with Individual Education Plan (IEP) team members. Math goal setting is a required part of many IEPs, but little research has been done to understand how to best set goals that are appropriate, in line with evidence-based teaching methods, and focused on the concepts most essential to create meaningful access to the general education curriculum. To investigate these questions, this thesis examines research into what skills and knowledge are required for students with disabilities to achieve high school level math. Being successful in math requires both procedural skills as well as a conceptual understanding of what numbers represent and how they relate to each other. Math goals should reflect and measure both of those components. Goals should also focus on moving students to the proximal domain of numeracy from additive to multiplicative to rational numbers in the same order as the general education curriculum progresses for students who are significantly behind in math.
Degree Name
Special Education M.A.
Document Type
Masterʼs thesis
Recommended Citation
Eichmann, H. B. (2024). How Sequencing Math Skills for High School Students With Math Goals in an Individual Education Plan (IEP) Supports Academic Growth [Masterʼs thesis, Bethel University]. Spark Repository. https://spark.bethel.edu/etd/1097